Or maybe it was a bit hidden and called debug_testinterface();//don't forget comment me out.
That's exactly how the Juniper backdoor was compromised. The argument to the strcmp call is..., which is the backdoor password, and was presumably chosen so that it would be mistaken for one of the many other debug format strings in the code.
Why would anyone go to the effort of compromising a compiler?
The NSA doesn't do HUMINT. Backdooring the C compiler is exactly the kind of thing they'ed do when these other channels of operation are closed.
Probably. But the US ARMAMENT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER did an evaluation of the process and gave it positive -- but not perfect -- marks in 2011.
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Not knowing what the word "secret" means?
LOLOLOLOL you moron.
"pseudo" means "fake", not "secret".
Exactly. Cold fusion "researchers" head first to popular journalists, not research journals.
Or maybe it was a bit hidden and called debug_testinterface(); //don't forget comment me out.
That's exactly how the Juniper backdoor was compromised. The argument to the strcmp call is ..., which is the backdoor password, and was presumably chosen so that it would be mistaken for one of the many other debug format strings in the code.
Why would anyone go to the effort of compromising a compiler?
The NSA doesn't do HUMINT. Backdooring the C compiler is exactly the kind of thing they'ed do when these other channels of operation are closed.
And will it make a difference?
Juniper revealed. Why should't Cisco?
Security analysis is a long and tedious process performed by specialists. Is it really any wonder that so few projects have it done?
The BLS is confusing Software Developer with Systems Analyst.
Spying on the enemy *is* normal, and has been since, oh... the beginning of humanity.
At last a University doing something besides being left-wing and libertarian idiots.
Specifically, poker and Yahtzee.
What's the likelihood of drawing a 2 or a Club, etc.
Is that inherent to HTML5, or programmer-controlled?
I ask because both YT and FB use HTML5, but YT is "auto-play and click anywhere to pause", but FB is "click-to-play and click-the-pause-button"
Anyway, standalone media players are click-the-pause-button, so it won't be that difficult to adjust.
And he/she god damned well deserves it, for spilling shit that the CIA, NSA & military use overseas against our enemies.
I've got ancestors from at least six countries; where do my mites come from?
Aren't Europeans supposed to be oh so much smarter than us rube Americans and our "they'll suck up the Sun's rays" idiocy?
You crazy Brits think that a hundredweight weighs... 112 pounds.
The USA uses the Imperial System.
No, we don't, you ignorant git.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The US gallon is, for example, 128 fluid ounces, whereas the Imperial gallon is 160 fl oz which equals 153.7 US fl oz.
by big steel
Nope. A lone inventor.
to try to stop the conversion to aluminum based parts, because its cheaper.
Where's the problem? Competition spurs advancement.
Probably. But the US ARMAMENT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER did an evaluation of the process and gave it positive -- but not perfect -- marks in 2011.
http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc...
this number doesn't seem like anything to be terribly concerned about in the short term.
Exactly my thought, too. Get back to us when it's a consistent 3% decrease.
My point is, the world changes, adapt and move on.
Are you sure that you're replying to the correct comments? Maybe OP is who you really want to vent your spleen at?
Spoken as a dedicated Nazi supporter of Systemd no doubt.
WOW! Talk about leaping to wholly unwarranted conclusions on zero fucking evidence!!!
Uhh, you missed Slackware, which blah blah blah
He said like Red Hat, SUSE & Debian. That means that these three are examples, not the canonical list.
Seems like you don't know much about reading comprehension at all.
Not so much, until "they" start making consistent batches it on an industrial scale.
These were not web pages and not blocked by ad blockers, it was just placeholders when you open a new, fresh tab.
Right. When I open a blank tab, I see ... facepalm.
(I'm using Chromium because it's multi-threaded.)
What's the purpose when so many people run ad blockers?